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It’s Summer Associate Season… What Do You Plan To Do With All That Cash?

We're putting together a guide to the best products, events, and experiences you should seek out as a summer associate and we need your help.

Which 5-star restaurant should I try for lunch today… it’s so hard to summer.

Graduations are behind us, and it’s now time for legions of 2Ls (mostly) to descend upon law firms around the country to garner valuable work experience, lifelong memories, and wads of cash for attending free lunches. Hopefully, along the way, someone will do something embarrassing and we can all have a good laugh about it.

But what are summers planning to do with their newfound largesse? We’re putting together a “Welcome To Summering” guide with cool products, events, or excursions for summers, like a membership to a private jet club to the Hamptons or something, and want your input. If there’s a good deal to be had, even better! It doesn’t matter how much it costs, just that it’s something a summer should do to earn the envy of their friends back at school. If you want to tour spooky catacombs in New York, that’s a cool idea too. And if you’re no longer a summer, but have a good idea based on your experience, let us know.

So no matter where you’re working this summer, let us know what you want to drop that summer cash on. It should go without saying, but, obviously, we’ll do this anonymously so no one knows you started your professional career tipping off Above the Law.

Just email it to us (subject line: “Summer Guide”) or hit us up with a text (646-820-8477).


HeadshotJoe Patrice is an editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.